A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
This is why I work for the army (not the US!). They offered me a permanent contract. I've been fighting for funding for the past 30 years and it's become pretty much impossible. My last job was supposed to become permanent and the government cut funding after 2 years instead.
Not doing anything explodey, by the way, just researching how to deal with mass emergency events.
Something something disaster capitalism. You have my sympathy, I sometimes fill on Natural Disaster classes.
"I want to make the world a better place at no real benefit to myself"
"Ok, but only if you beg us for the money"
Modern academia in a nutshell
There has to be a better way.
Medicine is already this better way (in countries with social healthcare systems). A body of highly trained specialists who constantly update their knowledge through research, conferences and reading the last scientific advancements, and don't necessarily earn extremely high salaries but have a comfortable life and a stable employment. We could expand this model to all sciences.
What country would that be in? Because where I live (Germany), medical researchers face pretty much the same challenges as researchers in other fields.
I know, but there isn’t. Capitalism is the only best thing we’ve tried, certainly the best no other way to do it, please don’t try the socialism thing. 😔
Why didn't we just have people that apply for grants, then people who work on research. Of course the person that applies for the grant should be familiar with the capabilities, and verify the proposal is sound before applying.
This makes two of us. I'm unlikely to be deported, still...
This is from before the election. They're probably LONG gone by now.
Kind of a shitty thing to post and title "woml womp womp"
It's self depreciating lol, this is currently what's on my brain with worry.
People like OP are the reason ICE exists
I'm the immigrant lmao.
I don’t get it…